Paring knife



E. K. LIEN.

PARING KNIFE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 20, 1920,

ll ,436,81 1 Patented Nov. 28, 1922.

INVENTOR.

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NHTED STATES nnrcx K. LIEN, or sen mneo, CALIFORNIA.

PARING KNIFE.

Application filed September 20, 1920.

T 0 all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, ERICK K. LIEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at San Diego, in the county of San Diego and State ofCalifornia, have invented a certain new and useful Faring Knife, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to paring knives and the objects of my inventionare: First, to provide a paring knife which will limit the thickness ofthe peel; second, to provide a paring knife in which the guard member isa roller so that it will not tend to clog and is easy of operation;third, to provide a knife of this class in which the parts are readilyremoved so that the blade may be easily sharpened; fourth, to provide aknife of this class which is adjustable for taking up the wear of. theknife blade; fifth, to provide a knife of this class with a means forengaging one of the fingers for supporting the knife in the hand andsixth, to provide a knife of this class which is very simple andeconomical of construction, easy to sharpen, easy to adjust, efficientin its action and which will not readily deteriorate or get out oforder.

With these and other objects in view as will appear hereinafter myinvention consists of certain novel features of construction,combination and arrangement of parts and portions as will be hereinafterdescribed in detail and particularly set forth in the appended claims,reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the charactersof reference thereon which form a part of this application in which:

Figure 1 is a front edge view of the knife; Fig. 2 is a side elevationalview thereof; Fig. 3 is a sectional view through 3-3 of Fig. 2 and Fig.4 is a fragmentary side elevational view of the handle supportingportion on the opposite side from that of Fig, 2.

Similar characters of reference refer to similar parts and portionsthroughout the several views of the drawings.

The handle 1, bladeg 2, finger engaging support 3, roller support 1,roller 5, roller support 6, screw 7, supporting block 8 and adjustingscrew 9 constitute the principal parts and portions of my paring knife.

The blade 2 is of the ordinary shape and is provided with a hole thereinadapted for the screw 7. It is inserted in a slot in the the handle andsecured thereto in the conventional manner. Secured to the blade on.

Serial No. 411,389.

one side is a loop member 3 provided with an extended portion whichextends between the extended portion of the blade and handle and securedby means of a pin 1 and secured in this loop member is the fingerengaging support 3 which is preferably a wire shaped member as shownbestin Figs. 1 and a ofthe drawings and extending therefrom forming afinger hold for helping to support the knife. On the other side of theblade is a flange member with a portion extending between the blade andthe handle and provided with a support 4 which is a thin metallic memberwhich is provided with a hole adapted for a journal for the axle 5 ofthe roller 5 and the upper edge is extended forming a shield as shownbest in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings. The screw 7 passes through thehole in the blade and is screwed into a supportingblock 8 and the blade2is clamped between the head of the screw 7 and block 8- This block 8 isprovided with a transverse hole 8 therein in which is mounted theextended end of the support 6 and adapted to move longitudinally thereinand it is held in position by means of a set screw 9 screwed into theextended end of the block 8 and its end is adapted to rest against thesupport 6. This support 6 is provided with a hole 6' which forms ajournal for the axle end 5 of the roller It will be noted that the axisof the roller 5 is positioned slightly in advance of the cutting edge ofthe blade and serves as a guide or support for regulating the thicknessof the peel and that this axle end 5" may be adjusted by loosening theset screw 9 and moving the support 6 inwardly and outwardly as desired,it being noted that the cutting edge of a paring knife blade usuallywears in a gradual taper from the handle toward the end so that theextended end is the only one that needs adjustment to provide for thewear of the blade.

Though I have shown and described a particular construction, combinationand arrangement of parts and portions I do not wish to be limited tothis particular construction, combination and arrangement but desire toinclude in the purview of my invention the construction, combination andarrangement substantially as set forth in the appended claims.

It is obvious that with this construction,

there is provided a paring knife with means i said means may be readilyremoved for sharpening the blade; that it may be adjusted to take up theWear of the blade and that the device is very simple and economical ofconstruction.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Leters Patent is:

1. A paring knife, including a blade, a handle for said blade, asupporting member secured between the blade and handle on one side andextending at right angles to the blade, a supporting block secured tosaid blade by means of a screw, a support adj ustably mounted in saidsupporting block and a revoluble roller interposed between said supportand the support at the handle.

2. A paring knife, including a blade, a handle for said blade, a ournalmember secured to said blade at the end of the handle, a support securedto said blade near the extended end of said blade, a journal memberadjustably mounted for forward and backward movement on said support,and a roller provided with an extended axle at each end positioned insaid journal.

3, A paring knife,'including a blade, a handle for said blade, a journalmember secured to said blade at the end of the handle, a support securedto said blade near the extended end of said blade, a journal memberadjust-ably mounted for forward and backward movement on said support,aroller provided with an extended axle at each end positioned in saidjournal and means for adjusting the position of the journal forwardlyand backwardly near the free end of said blade.

4. A paring knife, including a blade, a handle for said blade, a journalmember secured to said blade at the end of the handle, a support securedto said blade near the extended end of said blade, a journal member adjustably mounted on said support, a roller provided with an extended axleat each end positioned in said journal, means for adjusting the positionof the journal near the free end of said blade comprising a blocksecured to said blade by means of a screw passing through a hole in saidblade and a set screw adapted to engage a journal member positioned in atransverse hole in said block.

5, A paring knife, including a blade, a handle for said blade, a journalpositioned at the end of said handle on said blade, another journalspaced therefrom on said blade and a roller journaled in said journalmembers and extending along the cutting edge of the blade and means foradjusting the extended end of said roller forwardly and backwardlyrelatively to the cutting edge of the blade.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at San Diego,California, this 15th day of September, 1920.

ERICK K. LIEN.

